casting
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈkæstɪŋ/
- Specialized
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fundición
- Clay model bust of Oba Eredlauwa, destroyed when the casting was made in 1980.
- casting process
- investment casting
- metal casting
But the casting process for a while, I got wasted.
- But the casting process for a while, I got wasted.
Examples
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So I tried bronze casting, but to make large forms was too heavy and expensive.
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An FDM machine created two investment casting wax master parts for the tool in three days.
Academic text (1995) -
And this is a casting of that same panel.
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In Syria, I work with... with the casting of metals.
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I would think it would be used for lost-wax casting in the very near future.
Blog text (4) -
The mold was then sent to the shop of Research Casting International in Toronto, where it was cast and painted.
Academic text (1991) -
For progress to continue, however, the surface finish of the patterns and the final castings must be improved.
Academic text (1995) -
Tekcast Industries Inc. of New Rochelle, N.Y., says its spin-casting system does just that.
Academic text (1999) -
The second- and third-stage buckets in the 7EC are fabricated by equiaxed casting, which provides a randomly oriented crystalline structure.
Academic text (1994) -
The artist created a beautiful sculpture using a special technique of casting in bronze.
Synonyms
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3.8
The process of making something by pouring material into a mold
Idioms
- Informal
Looks exactly like the kind of person chosen to play a role in a film or show
Compounds
- Offensive
3
7.7
Asking for sex from someone who wants an acting job in return for a role
- Archaic
1
7.6
A way of choosing by picking small things like straws or stones so the result is random
- Specialized
1
5.2
The use of a special rod and line to throw a small fake fly into water to catch fish
- Specialized
A way of fishing from the shore by throwing bait or a lure into the sea beyond the waves
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Casting comes from an old Norse word kasta 'to throw', and it shares the same root as English cast. In making parts, casting is like 'throwing' hot metal or liquid into a mold so it takes a new shape.